16-41  Post and Telecommunication Services Facilities (Year-end)
Year
	Number of	Number of	Length of	Highway	Railway	Rural Delivery
Region	Post and	Post Boxes	Postal	Routes	Routes	Routes
	Telecommunication		Routes			(km)
	Offices (unit)	(unit)	(km)
1978	49623	156398	4863282	572204	150249	4266291
1980	49471	159009	4737124	582058	150819	4138879
1985	53107	174678	1416303	658102	181916	3565758
1989	53092	178289	1526073	675352	196178	3389374
1990	53629	181877	1618200	676747	191313	3364861
1991	54006	181939	1603344	685759	185872	3371424
1992	54891	183289	1646931	712367	189359	3374556
1993	57005	187966	1760506	727380	189704	3377769
1994	60447	193902	1781787	757931	187871	3364730
1995	61898	203011	1886082	819412	183036	3345848
1996	72496	217235	2118940	917151	183884	3358051
1997	79273	231337	2363108	873688	186382	3402946
1998	102225	234716	2853942	930622	189652	3361484
1999	66649	232674	2979007	989122	190056	3348054
2000	58437	239356	3073331	1070304	184925	3364498
2001	57136	225846	3102558	1074092	180399	3492761
2002	76358	217541	3080989	1112806	177685	3511190
2003	63555	275962	3270209	1137480	191351	3531832
2004	66393	222946	3336446	1194578	195998	3530508
2005	65917	202259	3406226	1229802	200180	3565226
Beijing	892	3595	392589	45097	27898	18203
Tianjin	456	1728	21996	10671	5754	16144
Hebei	2679	6613	47300	43946	1431	166054
Shanxi	1603	3517	75942	24008	6869	105761
Inner Mongolia	1773	2805	60713	43895	6196	109398
Liaoning	1686	7366	144996	34187	4158	94088
Jilin	1395	4986	67942	23385	7696	88419
Heilongjiang	2138	5775	95569	36606	12339	117588
Shanghai	647	4022	211266	39672	14720	26844
Jiangsu	3164	10579	124619	80530	4790	253889
Zhejiang	2374	15474	131193	48012	3081	134966
Anhui	2560	6378	70599	51111	1725	134844
Fujian	1638	15349	136434	30655	2903	81607
Jiangxi	1858	6051	75355	44063	7078	114673
Shandong	5841	11924	173098	62516	10098	243763
Henan	2739	5259	94534	57201	5656	191083
Hubei	2119	17502	80613	43732	6703	190449
Hunan	6525	13776	86906	52584	3033	209864
Guangdong	3939	15258	369332	94928	13575	206151
Guangxi	1672	7556	69698	45603	3942	108908
Hainan	503	849	36498	13923		23172
Chongqing	2290	3934	87436	29424	3067	73249
Sichuan	6198	9308	174475	57556	7380	175427
Guizhou	1908	2293	64926	24541	6385	68798
Yunnan	1957	4013	145971	66382	4666	165455
Tibet	180	292	15357	14037		116710
Shaanxi	1794	5484	98489	29196	10213	125077
Gansu	1386	6489	74556	30179	5312	104848
Qinghai	219	571	23721	9240	4310	14278
Ningxia	340	849	14028	5949	2355	11010
Xinjiang	1444	2664	140075	36973	6847	74506
a) Length of postal routes before 1981 included the length of postal routes and rural delivery routes.